雞腸 [鸡肠]

Jyutping gai1 coeng4
Pinyin jī cháng

Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. 天書 – 天书
  2. 外文
  3. 洋文

雞腸 [鸡肠]

Jyutping gai1 coeng2
Pinyin jī cháng

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. the slang to describe the English writing (literal meaning: chicken intestine)
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞、俚語
    比喻​用​拉丁字母​之類​寫​嘅​外​國​文字​，​因為​手​寫體​幼得​嚟​彎曲​連綿​，​好似​雞腸​噉​；​喺​香港​多數​指​英文
    foreign languages, especially English; literally: chicken intestines
    • 呢啲雞腸嚟㗎喎，我唔識睇。
      呢啲鸡肠嚟㗎㖞，我唔识睇。
      ni1 di1 gai1 coeng2 lai4 gaa3 wo3, ngo5 m4 sik1 tai2.
      These are all in English. I can't read it.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, Cantonese, figuratively
    foreign language written in the Latin alphabet, especially English
    • 国语同佢搞唔掂喇，不如用鸡肠？
      国语同佢搞唔掂喇，不如用鸡肠？
      gwok3 jyu5 tung4 keoi5 gaau2 m4 dim6 laa3, bat1 jyu4 jung6 gai1 coeng2?
      Mandarin won't work; how about English?
  2. noun
    chicken intestines
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    呢啲鸡肠嚟㗎㖞，我唔识睇。
    呢啲雞腸嚟㗎喎，我唔識睇。
    ni1 di1 gai1 coeng2 lai4 gaa3 wo3, ngo5 m4 sik1 tai2.
    • These are all in English. I can't read it.
  2. Cantonese
    我打杂㗎咋，鸡肠我唔识㗎，你问第二个啦。
    我打雜㗎咋，雞腸我唔識㗎，你問第二個啦。
    • I'm just here to clean floors and wipe windows and I don't speak a word of English, so I'm afraid you've come to the wrong guy.